Tanks made of truly modern materials are a hell of a lot stronger and safer (and corrosion-resistant) than the usual steel or aluminum. I'm not saying that such high-pressure tanks are completely safe--they aren't--but it's something to consider.
Imagine what could be done with an advanced plastic tank that deforms in a severe vehicle crash or other incident, instead of shredding like a metal one. For an added safety measure, should a puncture occur, an inner membrane flows out of the hole(s)like a balloon. As the membrane's volume increases, so does the potential force of the explosively escaping gas decrease, correct?
Materials keep improving. I doubt the ones I've speculated upon do not already exist. As to weather they're readily available to manufacture at a realistic cost is another question.
For the sordid background on the American youth indoctrination centers, aka "schools," click the URL under my nick. The author has kindly made his book, The Underground History of American Education, available to read online. To say that it's an eye-opener is a pathetic understatement.
Enjoy, and don't blame me if reading it makes you angry.
What will happen when countries like Tuvalu (.tv) reach technological savyness and find that their entire TLD has been used up by TV networks, domain brokers and companies that felt they needed to register theirname.com,.net,.org,.cc,.mx,.name,.info, and.tv just in case someone actually thought of typing one of those instead.
Tuvalu's topography just barely peeks above the waves at present, so that country will probably be underwater by then. They don't need a domain, they need houseboats.
Doh. And to think I gave $50 to Unicef after the tsunami. I would have given them more, but I had spent too much on Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, I was too much of a numbskull to put two and two together and realize that Unicef was the UN. Which means that of that $50 I sent, those tsunami victims got what, $10 maybe?
I challange you to find me a politican that was elected to office after standing up and saying exactly what they think.
If your criteria are "American," and "current office holder," then the answer, at least at the national level, is Representative Ron Paul of Texas. As far as I can tell, he harbors no trace of megalomania or sociopathic tendencies, which in political terms makes him almost a genetic freak.
Yeah, it obviously won't work. She still looks like a socialist. Now she's trying to be more authoritarian, too. What a great idea...
So, she's like a National Socialist, right? Since the presumable Republican front-runner is Herr Swartzeneggar, it'll be six of one, and half a dozen of the other. Then again, that's how it seems to turn out in every election.
I would almost (but not quite) welcome a ballot that has but one check-box, marked "YOUR OVERLORDS." Sample polling-place dialogue:
"Hey Bob, who are you voting for?"
"Why, our Overlords, of course? And you?"
"Our Overlords, naturally. Say, why do we even vote if there's only one choice on the ballot?"
"Damned if I know."
"No shit. Hey, let's go get drunk and watch television!"
Last month, they converted some of their assets in dollars, now they are getting away from USA's most fortunate software company ?
Is there some policy here ?
Yes, I believe it was once known as "enlightened self-interest."
Google ought to make a deal with a print-on-demand vendor. You see an out-of-print book online that you like, pay Google for a freshly-printed hard copy, then go down to Kinko's to pick it up.
People are always going to want a real book. Are you listening, Google?
While it is true that the old, rapidly spinning windmills kill a lot of birds, the newer large and slow-moving wind turbines are easily avoided by our avian friends. Costs keep coming down with new technology and larger production runs of specific designs. Wind power is getting considerably cheaper. Nuclear could be, but we need to scrap the antiquated light-water designs were using in favor of simpler ones like the sodium-cooled fast breeders, or the gas-cooled ones the Chinese are building.
I like the Integral Fast Breeder design, which could be the closest we get to safe, unlimited, and abundant energy for a long time. But it needs to be demonstrated in well-publicized tests and aggressively marketed to a public that is ignorant of physics. Then it needs to be mass-produced to make it cheap.
But before any of this happens, it has to get funding. The IFBR got the last of it's funding pulled in 1996, even though there was an example operating in Idaho.
Auction them off to collectors, and make the buyers sign an "as is" contract. No proviso for spares, servicing, or liability from the manufacturer. They'll sell every one. Some will be driven, others tinkered on, and some will become museum pieces.
I wish GM would reconsider. There's no shame in failure, especially a failure as innovative as the EV1. Keeping the remaining specimens out in public will help spark interest in more advanced technology, as well as GM's brand name.
I know you people are being facetious, but this film, judging from the outtakes in the trailer, has Mystery Science Theater 3000 written all over it. And what's with the chubby goth chick? Having watched this, all I can think of is that extra at the beginning of Empire:
"Two escorts against a Star Destroyer?" A distinctly wooden moment, to be sure.
Yet Revelations is an entire film featuring thespians of this caliber. Could this be a guerilla attack by the MST 3000 crew?
Empire is dark, sure, but I don't see anything that would justify PG-13. Temple of Doom, OTOH, was clearly not PG material.
Luke's hand get's lopped off. Granted, there's no blood, but it still probably freaked some little kids out when their hero got maimed. I do not know the MPAA's exact rating criteria, but were the film made today, I'd say the lopped-off hand part would get it a PG-13.
Litigation? Welfare? Isn't that the same thing in this case?
Yes. That's because the wealthiest people in corrupt societies live off subsidies, weather legal settlements or government handouts. They're like bandit kings, living under the delusion that the world owes them a living. Not that I'm indicting rich people--far from it. It's just that there is a certain quite antisocial faction of the wealthy to which we can attribute most of our problems. Since they lack scruples, they inevitably rise to positions from which they can cause damage. Darl is a tragicomic example of this breed, ruining everything he touches. I feel sorry for his employees.
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As well as the first to build one that uses karate to fight off invading giant monsters.
They get that way from hauling sacks of coal.
Imagine what could be done with an advanced plastic tank that deforms in a severe vehicle crash or other incident, instead of shredding like a metal one. For an added safety measure, should a puncture occur, an inner membrane flows out of the hole(s)like a balloon. As the membrane's volume increases, so does the potential force of the explosively escaping gas decrease, correct?
Materials keep improving. I doubt the ones I've speculated upon do not already exist. As to weather they're readily available to manufacture at a realistic cost is another question.
True, but a dirigible might, and at a vastly lower operating cost.
Which is exactly what you get when a stack of old CRTs falls on you.
And rain, if you're feeling adventurous.
Enjoy, and don't blame me if reading it makes you angry.
Tuvalu's topography just barely peeks above the waves at present, so that country will probably be underwater by then. They don't need a domain, they need houseboats.
Doh. And to think I gave $50 to Unicef after the tsunami. I would have given them more, but I had spent too much on Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, I was too much of a numbskull to put two and two together and realize that Unicef was the UN. Which means that of that $50 I sent, those tsunami victims got what, $10 maybe?
If your criteria are "American," and "current office holder," then the answer, at least at the national level, is Representative Ron Paul of Texas. As far as I can tell, he harbors no trace of megalomania or sociopathic tendencies, which in political terms makes him almost a genetic freak.
So, she's like a National Socialist, right? Since the presumable Republican front-runner is Herr Swartzeneggar, it'll be six of one, and half a dozen of the other. Then again, that's how it seems to turn out in every election.
I would almost (but not quite) welcome a ballot that has but one check-box, marked "YOUR OVERLORDS." Sample polling-place dialogue:
"Hey Bob, who are you voting for?"
"Why, our Overlords, of course? And you?"
"Our Overlords, naturally. Say, why do we even vote if there's only one choice on the ballot?"
"Damned if I know."
"No shit. Hey, let's go get drunk and watch television!"
Yes, I believe it was once known as "enlightened self-interest."
God, that sounded dumb.
Hmmm, anyone happen to know the Chinese character for "fuckface?" I've just thought of a funny practical joke to play on a certain drunken friend.
You mean you're not shocked, shocked, by this abuse of power? I wonder how "COINTELPRO" is pronounced in Swedish...
Five shares at $30? Deduct the capital gains tax, and you still have enough left to buy an iPod Shuffle.
People are always going to want a real book. Are you listening, Google?
Yeah. I had a friend who was a Mensa member, but he told me he quit because he thought "it was dumb."
I like the Integral Fast Breeder design, which could be the closest we get to safe, unlimited, and abundant energy for a long time. But it needs to be demonstrated in well-publicized tests and aggressively marketed to a public that is ignorant of physics. Then it needs to be mass-produced to make it cheap.
But before any of this happens, it has to get funding. The IFBR got the last of it's funding pulled in 1996, even though there was an example operating in Idaho.
Auction them off to collectors, and make the buyers sign an "as is" contract. No proviso for spares, servicing, or liability from the manufacturer. They'll sell every one. Some will be driven, others tinkered on, and some will become museum pieces.
I wish GM would reconsider. There's no shame in failure, especially a failure as innovative as the EV1. Keeping the remaining specimens out in public will help spark interest in more advanced technology, as well as GM's brand name.
"Two escorts against a Star Destroyer?" A distinctly wooden moment, to be sure.
Yet Revelations is an entire film featuring thespians of this caliber. Could this be a guerilla attack by the MST 3000 crew?
Luke's hand get's lopped off. Granted, there's no blood, but it still probably freaked some little kids out when their hero got maimed. I do not know the MPAA's exact rating criteria, but were the film made today, I'd say the lopped-off hand part would get it a PG-13.
Just watch the film K-19 for a particularly gruesome example of what happens to people who go sloshing around in reactor coolant.
The headset might not be a good idea, either. I heard an engineer on Coast to Coast AM say that the cord functions as an antenna.
Yes. That's because the wealthiest people in corrupt societies live off subsidies, weather legal settlements or government handouts. They're like bandit kings, living under the delusion that the world owes them a living. Not that I'm indicting rich people--far from it. It's just that there is a certain quite antisocial faction of the wealthy to which we can attribute most of our problems. Since they lack scruples, they inevitably rise to positions from which they can cause damage. Darl is a tragicomic example of this breed, ruining everything he touches. I feel sorry for his employees.